Health  What Canadians really want, of course, is better access to doctors and hospital beds and shorter waiting lists. I ask the Prime Minister, how long will Canadians have to wait to see this agreement lead to real improvement in the delivery of health care services?

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, we all know that Secretary of State Powell for the United States made a presentation this morning to the United Nations. The presentation was described and the evidence presented. It has been described by the Minister of Foreign Affairs as disturbing and persuasive.

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, we are assessing the evidence. Canadians expect the government to be able to do that on its own for the benefit of the rest of the world. Major countries have said that Iraq is in material breach of resolutions. I do not understand why the government is unable to. W

Justice committee   for organized crime is the illicit drug market. You've probably already heard this today, as I see you had a number of law enforcement witnesses earlier. You don't have to take my word for it. The 2008 CISC report on organized crime makes it abundantly clear that this is where they get

Human Pathogens and Toxins Act  . It is as simple as that. I want to be absolutely clear. We have some problems with this bill and, like the Bloc, we listened to witnesses and, since they were opposed to this legislation, we proposed amendments to it. Two of our three amendments were accepted by the committee and by all

Government Operations committee   clear that not all business propositions are creditworthy. But at the same time, we feel that there are structural barriers in the marketplace, including where there are simply not cost structures on the part of financial institutions where they can provide a profitable loan to small

Health  Mr. Speaker, one of the federal proposals, when it comes to accountability and transparency, is apparently to create a new council to monitor health care. To put this in perspective, we have the federal Department of Health, the provincial health departments and, in most provinc

Health  Mr. Speaker, Health Canada already has been hiring recently at record rates. Surely we do not need yet another bureaucracy to get some accountability. Canadians want transparency in the health care system, but they do not want the federal government to impose its will on the pro

British Columbia Avalanche  Mr. Speaker, this was a weekend of double tragedy. As we mourned the loss of seven astronauts, we learned of another avalanche in British Columbia which took the lives of seven students from Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School near Calgary. What makes this tragedy all the more saddenin

Government Operations committee   will agree to appear before the Committee. So, there is something fishy here. Also, if we want to call witnesses from PWGSC, that is fine. This morning, it was clear that the culture at PWGSC poses a problem. That culture is the Conservative culture. What can you expect? The situation

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   Resources Canada. The process we are discussing is to ensure that land with clear title and no unknown environmental issues is moved from provincial jurisdiction to federal jurisdiction and then set aside for the use and benefit of a first nation. Therefore, the ATR process is largely

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, today a group of European nations, including Italy, Poland, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and the Czech Republic, has issued a declaration declaring support for the multilateral coalition of nations led by Australia, Britain and the United States pursuing the unc

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, no Canadian can be proud of a position he or she cannot even figure out. Today's declaration from the European leaders also warns about the lack of resolve of certain UN Security Council members. It states: We cannot allow a dictator to systematically violate those

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, this party is never going to sit proudly on the fence like that party seems to. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is scheduled to travel to the United States shortly to meet with President Bush. World leaders are meeting face to face to determine the most appropriat

Sustaining Canada's Economic Recovery Act   billion in debt. One individual alone, John Weaver—let me say his name loud and clear—received $27 million. In the meantime, workers are losing their jobs because AbitibiBowater is under CCAA protection. They are not getting severance pay. They may not even get their pensions